Comments on: Missouri Rep. introduces castration bill

By: TS

TS — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:51:09 +0000

In reply to RM. Looking for political cred for election season of course and probably knows this won't past legal muster.

By: RM

RM — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:39:29 +0000

The same legislator – Representative Scott Cupps, District 158 – also introduced a bill this session in Missouri to make most sex offenses punishable by either life imprisonment or death. He doesn’t seem to understand that a likely consequence of such a law is that the number of child sex abuse victims who are also murdered by the perpetrator would sharply increase (a point made by the United States Supreme Court in Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407, 2008). In his majority opinion, Justice Kennedy (no relation to the petitioner) explained that allowing the death penalty for non-homicide sex offenses makes children less safe, not safer. I suppose Rep. Cupps believe that he knows better that the United States Supreme Court.

By: CherokeeJack

CherokeeJack — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:01:11 +0000

It has been proven that castration does nothing to stop someone from offending. Urges are not based on physical only but also in your mind. You could still offend regardless of being castrated. And as far as I know, castration is permanent so that would be a lifetime punishment as well.

By: TS

TS — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:28:47 +0000

The state of Misery just continues to roll in its name happily…

By: Jacob

Jacob — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:35:31 +0000

In reply to mbgodofwar. It gets harder to brand pfr’s as less than human, the more pfr’s show up and speak out.

By: mbgodofwar

mbgodofwar — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:58:36 +0000

In reply to James. PFRs are already branded as less than human in the "land of the free" (I guess similar in other countries), so it's not hard for legislators to propose these "tough on crime" bills.

By: James

James — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:34:34 +0000

Since when does our Constitution allow mutilation as a punishment? In truth that is what they propose is it not. The safeguards against Cruel and Unusual Punishment were put in place to stop this exact type of torture from being allowed in the United States.